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Grammar Objectives

When writing the objective for a grammar lesson you will teach, think about the ideal situation and the ideal ending. Assuming everything goes as you plan, what will be the end result of your grammar lesson? This is what will go in your objective section. Grammar lessons can be tricky because there are so many nuances to cover; however, that is why you are planning. Be specific, and remember to only add what is covered.
  1. Find Your Stem

    • Stems are like signal phrases when including quotes in a research paper. Keep in mind that when writing your grammar objectives, you need to include some stem phrase as a lead into your objectives or goals. Some examples of stem phrases are:

      Once complete, students will be able to ...

      By completing this unit, students should now be able to ...

      Students should now be able to ...

      Ensure variety and avoid monotony with your stem phrases, but be specific.

    Bloom's Verbs

    • Bloom's Taxonomy is a chart created by Benjamin Bloom, a leading pioneer in education, that identifies levels of thinking. The levels are creating, evaluating, analyzing, applying, understanding and remembering. When creating your objective, determine the level of effectiveness and learners you are reaching by selecting specific verbs from the different categories to include in your objective. Use Bloom's Taxonomy as a guide to demonstrate a range of skills.

    Outcome

    • This is the part where you, the educator, now determine what a student will have accomplished after your grammar lesson. There can be several outcomes/processes or just one. Assuming your lesson plan is complete, it should be easier to determine what the product of this lesson is. An example could be:

      -- After students have completed the lesson on verbs, students will now be able to distinguish between the different types of verbs, such as auxiliary and modals.

      -- Once completed, students will be able to identify sentence fragments, run-ons and comma splices.

      Since your focus is on grammar, your outcome should be that students can identify and understand what you were teaching them. Now put that into words.

    Measure Effectiveness

    • After you have written your objective on your grammar lesson, ensure that it matches your lesson. In other words, the result should be based on the product. If it doesn't add up, then you need to change something.

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